have you ever drifted off to sleep, had a wonderful dream, think ferreal that it's happening all around you, only to wake up and realize that ________, it's a _______ dream???
well, i had pretty much the opposite experience this morning ... i couldn't sleep last night (though my dog dubious had no problem) and when i finally did i awoke from a tremulous dream over - well, i'll spare you the depressing details ... so i got up sleepy as _____, did all the mornin' thangs and went into abolition central (which is in a funky house in a blue collar neighborhood in west nashvegas) ...
i popped up my computer, started some decaf coffee (blood pressure issues) and pulled up my e-mail ... and holy ______ batman, there it was in all it's glory ... a headline stating, no screaming really,
TCASK still opposes Thompson execution...
2 days ago one of our death penalty cases that had it's stay lifted had a 2/7/06 date set ... the guy, greg thompson, is severely mentally ill and admittedly so by the attorney general (we say his surname is LeStat) and his "expert"... so tcask immediately issued a press release the next day (if you're on the ncadp affiliates list serve you'll recall our request for your recent releases re:mental illness) ... it goes out to more than 250 media contacts at more than 175 media outlets statewide - thank you very much JV alex wiesendanger for updating our media list the first week you were in tennessee...
but there's one paper - one audience we really want to talk with ... and that's the people who live in shelbyville where the horrific murder took place 20 years ago ... and sure as my daddy's asthmatic THAT's the paper we got a hit in ...
the shelbyville times-gazette ... sounds small town don't it???
and it is ... but check out the story http://www.t-g.com/story/1120155.html it's a humdinger ... pulled a huge chunk including the 2 key quotes straight from the release ...
well lemme tell ya - when that kinda result from your work kick starts yer day it's gonna be a mighty good one ... and it was too ... we finished the 3rd and (nearly) final draft of a speaker's training workshop that kicks some serious butt (we drive it first time on october 14) ... made several appointments in giles county (home district of the house judiciary committee chair and very rural) ... and all kinds of good, productive stuff that's like the mortar that'll hold the bricks together that's the edifice that will take down capital punishment in tennessee...
it's a great day to be a death penalty abolitionist ... get out there and try it some time ...
peace out from music city usa,
threedoginn
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